aaronrkelly - 2011-10-20 9:38 PM I've finally almost worn out my first car tire. It was a 185/55-16 Potenza G019 Grid.....I loved it. Apparently they have discontinued this size......I cannot get it. So Im left with changing brands or sizes. Anyone run a 195/55-16 WITH a Hitch Doc?

I have the Dunlop wintersport also.
How many miles did you get on the Potenza anyway?

Its at 23K right now.......quite a bit of that two up and/or pulling a trailer. Honestly it probably has another 5 or 6K left as Im just now approaching the wear bars but the bike is already as the shop with the ass end mostly disassembled so I was thinking about changing it now because it would be alot easier...........if I can find a tire locally.

Just ordered a Goodyear Max Fuel Assurance in 175/60-16....the treadwear rating is off the charts so hopefully it lasts a good long time......its going to be hard to top the Bridgestone Potenza - that was a damn good tire.

Don't remember hearing or feeling it, noticed that the edge of tire looked somewhat polished. Then looked up a saw the metal on the inside of the hitch doc was shiney. The following year I installed the Dunlop SP winter sport 3d dsst rof and another one til they stopped making them. Just took off a Kumho Ecsta pa31 185/55r-16. I'm now going to install a Goodyear Assurance fuel max sl 175/60r-16.

The Kumho Ecsta pa31 185/55r-16 performed great. We 2up'ed on it Wisconsin-Wyoming-Colorado-Wisconsin. I wore the center out first probably to much air pressure, ran dyna beads, with a Battlax up front with ride-on. This time for our September Tennessee trip I'm going to run the Goodyear Assurance with ride-on and a Metzler z8 roadtec 140/70zr-18 with ride-on. Any reason you didn't go with the Goodyear Assurance again? Or just want to try something different?

That's a great question.. no smart reason not to go with the 175 fuel max. For some reason i remember it was more expensive than i thought it should of been . I think I was just looking for a smart tire that's designed for grip and rain... not that the fuel max didnt do well